Booval, Queensland

Booval is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 2,688.GeographyBooval contains both residential and commercial areas.Booval straddles Brisbane Road, the main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway. The Booval Fair shopping centre, located on Brisbane Road, contains a number of major chain stores, including Woolworths and Big W, while a number of smaller businesses line South Station Rd and Brisbane Rd.HistoryThe origin of the suburb name is from the Kabi Aboriginal dialect meaning frilled lizard.The first large-scale cotton crops in Queensland were grown at Booval in the 1860s.By the time of 1915, Booval was occupied largely by miners, many of which had Welsh origins.Heritage listingsBooval has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Green Street: Booval War Memorial 14 Cothill Road: Booval HouseTransportBooval railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane, Ipswich and Rosewood via Ipswich.